Hyperbaric oxygen therapy of diabetic foot ulcers: a pilot study.

Ulcers caused by a diabetic foot are among the most common and serious complications of diabetes mellitus and lead to severe medical and social consequences for individuals and society. Their treatment should be complex and individualized, given the complex etiology and pathogenesis of this type of lesion. One of the established complementary methods in therapy is the application of oxygen by inhalation under high pressure (above atmospheric) or the so-called hyperbaric oxygenation.